linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 3/3] tracepoint: Do not warn for unused event that is exported

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Message-ID: <20250725025213.514260220@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 22:51:52 -0400
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
 llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
 Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
 Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
 Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
 Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@...ux.dev>,
 Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@...il.com>,
 Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH v5 3/3] tracepoint: Do not warn for unused event that is exported

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>

There are a few generic events that may only be used by modules. They are
defined and then set with EXPORT_TRACEPOINT*(). Mark events that are
exported as being used, even though they still waste memory in the kernel
proper.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 include/linux/tracepoint.h | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint.h b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
index 71d2e085c49e..ec6827d00d79 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ static inline struct tracepoint *tracepoint_ptr_deref(tracepoint_ptr_t *p)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACEPOINT_WARN_ON_UNUSED
 # define TRACEPOINT_CHECK(name)						\
-	static const char __used __section("__tracepoint_check") __trace_check[] = \
-		#name;
+	static const char __used __section("__tracepoint_check")	\
+	__trace_check_##name[] = #name;
 #else
 # define TRACEPOINT_CHECK(tname)
 #endif
@@ -381,10 +381,12 @@ static inline struct tracepoint *tracepoint_ptr_deref(tracepoint_ptr_t *p)
 	__DEFINE_TRACE_EXT(_name, NULL, PARAMS(_proto), PARAMS(_args));
 
 #define EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(name)				\
+	TRACEPOINT_CHECK(name)						\
 	EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__tracepoint_##name);				\
 	EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__traceiter_##name);				\
 	EXPORT_STATIC_CALL_GPL(tp_func_##name)
 #define EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(name)					\
+	TRACEPOINT_CHECK(name)						\
 	EXPORT_SYMBOL(__tracepoint_##name);				\
 	EXPORT_SYMBOL(__traceiter_##name);				\
 	EXPORT_STATIC_CALL(tp_func_##name)
-- 
2.47.2